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单词 suicide watch
释义

suicide watch

[ soo-uh-sahyd woch ]
/ ˈsu əˌsaɪd ˌwɒtʃ /

noun

a system of regular checking on prison inmates or psychiatric patients who are believed to be suicidal: The prisoner was on suicide watch, but somehow managed to hang himself.
close observation or supervision of someone in order to prevent suicide: We took turns staying at her place, on suicide watch until she was able to get professional help.

Origin of suicide watch

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby suicide watch

suicide bomber, suicide clause, suicide machine, suicide pact, suicide squeeze, suicide watch, suicidology, sui generis, sui juris, suimate, suint
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British Dictionary definitions for suicide watch

suicide watch

noun

a round-the-clock watch by warders on a prisoner considered to be in danger of harming him- or herself
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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